Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Bangwa People
The Nigeria-Cameroon border is a large cultural area, which is inhabited by a large number of related peoples. These peoples can be divided into three smaller subgroups: Bamileke, Bamum, and Bamenda Tikar. They can be found in Kano state. Read more about Ethnic Groups In Nigeria The Bangwa are one of the numerous smaller […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Dukawa People
Located in the Yauri division of the Sokoto Province and also in the Yelwa division of the Kontagora Province are the Dukawa people of Nigeria. The Dukawa language is part of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family and they are closely related to the Kambari people due to their similar language. They […]
The Bahumono People Of Cross River
The Bahumono (Ehumono, Kohumono) people are an ethnic group in Nigeria located primarily in the Abi local government area of Cross River State and are the largest ethnic group in the region. Read more about Ethnic groups in Nigeria The Kohumono people live along the Cross River which is located in southsouthern Nigeria. It […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: Zaar People
The Zaar or ‘Sayawa’ as they are called by their Hausa-Fulani neighbours are found in two Local Govt Areas of Bauchi State namely; Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro. The Zaar (Sayawa) speakers are the second largest ethnic group in Bauchi State. Read more about Ethnic groups in Nigeria Background/ Brief History The Sayawa are said […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Kagoro People
The Kagoro people can be found in modern-day Kaduna state. It is believed that their ancestors fled from the Plateau to escape war, moving to the Kagoro rock by way of Assop and Nimbio in the Plateau Province. At Nimbio their food supply was coco-yam, acha (Digitaria Exilis), red sorrel, and inferior yam. Read more […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Gure People
The word “Gure” is a Fulani word meaning “Zango” or “Ruga”. When translated into Hausa language, it means a human settlement. Gure people call themselves “Agbiri” which means “the men.” They are found mostly in Lere and Kauru local government areas of Kaduna State. Read more about Ethnic groups in Nigeria Gure is an ethnic […]
Ethnic Groups in Nigeria- Idoma
The Idoma people are the second largest ethnic group in Benue State. Significantly, there are other Idoma groups in parts of Nassarawa and Cross-River states. The Idoma people are a homogenous ethnic group with dialectical differences indicated by some distinct speech form of people in Otukpo, Adoka and Ugboju; Edumoga in contrast to Agila, Otukpa, […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Burkanawa People
The Burkanawa People The Burkanawa are also referred to as the Barke people. They are a group which is adopting the culture and lifestyle of the dominant Hausa-Fulani. In other words, they are a blend or an emerging group of the Hausa and Fulani merging process. They are dominant people in northern Nigeria. As […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Anca People
Background The Anca is a small group of agricultural people who live in northeastern Nigeria. They speak the Anca language. However, this is now spoken by the adults while the younger generation often speaks Hausa or English. Therefore, the Anca language is an endangered language. The Anca are small indigenous people who are found in […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria- Duguri Ethnic Group
Introduction The Duguri of Nigeria live in both Alkaleri and Tafawa Balewa districts of Bauchi state and in Kanam district of Plateau state. As one of the main independent groups of the Jarawa people, the Duguri consider other groups inferior to themselves. Being a Duguri is the most important aspect of a Duguri’s identity, thus […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: Butu-Ningi
Introduction The Butu-Ningi, also known as the Butawa, are a small ethnic group found in the Ningi plateau region in the Bauchi Province of Nigeria. Some have also settled in the Kano area. Burra is their capital, where they claim to have lived for many generations. Their language Ningawa is rapidly disappearing; Hausa is […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Awak People
Introduction / History The Awak people are located in the southeast corner of Bauchi State in Nigeria. This district is well-watered, and the terrain varies from high plateaus to rich plains. The Awak are a small ethnic group, speaking Awak, an Adamawa language. They use Hausa as a secondary or trade language. Awak history […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Asu People
Introduction / History The Asu is a small group of agricultural people who live in west-central Nigeria. The Asu speak their language of Asu. The Hausa language and culture are taking over the Asu culture. The Asu people will probably lose their own language and culture and adopt folk Islam like the much larger […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Koromba People
Introduction / History The Kafin Gurmana or the Basa-Gurmana people who also refer to themselves as the Koromba are originally of the Burkina Faso (the country of honorable people) stock. They are basically located in Burkina Faso in the provinces of Yatenga, Zondona, Lorum and Sowum, which are all located in the northern area […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Goemai People
Introduction Goemai (also Ankwe) is an Afro-Asiatic (Chadic, West Chadic A) language spoken in the Great Muri Plains region of Plateau State in central Nigeria, between the Jos Plateau and Benue River. Goemai is also the name of the ethnic group of speakers of the Goemai language. The name ‘Ankwe’ has been used to […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Kirdi People
Background Kirdi (meaning “pagan”) is a broad, collective name for a number of people groups living in northern Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, and southwestern Chad. At one time, all of these groups were completely pagan. Today, some have become Muslim and wear traditional Islamic dress. Each ethnic group speaks its own dialect of Biu-Mandara, a Chadic […]